Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-04-24

10 neW6papcr-roaders, until was pro
baby the best advertised man in toe
country. Tho things that appeared
about me we're usually written 10y jour
naliSis who were well acquainted with
me, but once in awhile they would
overstep the mark and put ridiculous
things in my mouth-words that had
never uttered. Knowing that they
meant all right, made it point, and
| still make il point, never to deny
what is credited to me in news
papers. Now it has got so far that the
average editor seems to think that
anything that is written about me viii
be read, and reporters, knowing this,
write ahout me when they cant
write Of anything else. II they have
an interesting but ridicGlous story and
see 10 excuse to publishis, they simply
| put il in my month, 80 that l. am made
fictitious character Only one proIni
nent journalist has said harsh things
about me, and he is Charles a. Dana.
often wondered why be did 50. did
not know Tie gentleman, but always
had the greatest admiration for him.
II was only recently that I found ont
the reason. / met him at q dinner
party and was introduced to him.
As he took my hand he seemed TO be
greatly astonished, aud be looked at
me in very quizzical manner. Finally
lie said: Can this be the real, genuine
Colonel Tom Ochiltrec, OF Texas 2 l
said that il certainly was. Why, he
said, Colonel Ocliltree, am delighted
90 met you, but 1 expected to meet a
| fer different man. | had read 50 mr. n
about you in the newspapers that hal
iormCd my own idea l thought yoq
were an ideal-loo1ing cowboy Thisis
! Int one case that meet with every day.
! Tie majority of people who don't knox
me think tnat there IS actually hair on
my teeth"
TX Congressman Wise, Of Virginia,
is another genial gentleman who re-
cciycs a graf deal OF newspaper ad-
veTtising, AMI h. WAS present at this
| ConyCrsatioD. Re sad Tat his eXpc-
liCncc was ,,ly einllt % Tint o. Colo
mel Ochi.iTce. The average p r5on, %
| soid Nr. Wee, "conSidvrs IN a most
! lloodthirsty man, AMI seems to tIinl,
that I am mover happy except when I
Gm wallowiuE in gore. 1 WAS waking
up and down the corridor OF the hOtel
the other day when heard party OF
| gentlemen talking about ne, and sl7-
ing what a terrible fellow J. was, and
finally Yves pointed out to them, an |
they expressed the greatest surprise
upon seeiDr what a mild-m5nnered
food-notured person | WAS.
With the ,zcei ton o. theatrical pao-
pie. don't think too much advertising
IS q good think. If man does some
mcritorious act think it certainly aids
him in having it spoken of in the news
papers, otherwise It Is injurious to him.
senator Hearst, OF California, who has
been here for some time, keeps a smart
San Francisco journalist employed n
clipping stories about the Senator that
appear in Tie newspapers, and he has
them read 10 him each day. lie is yet
a newspaper character, and he enjoys
the majority OF these stories, but not 50
much as he did at first
rHE DTU3niEE cS TIE OCEAN.
While The dIummer-"the most IN
recent man en- the road is famiiir
everywhere. and has been a profile
theme for tie playwright and humoy-
ist, l DO not think it is generally known
that the drummer on the ocean is an
equally interesting character. Z vas
with party of drummcrs the other
night OF the Hoffman, when the con-
VusatiOn TUNED on European buyers
for large wholesale houses III this coun-
thy. These buyers have been dummers
in Their time, and they travel backwards
and forwards on the ocean several
times year, Naturally they are just
os much at home on board a ship as
they would be on palace-car with their
"eripsack." They are up to every i'm
aginablc trick, and before they are ont
a day they know nearly every one on
hoald and all about them. Besides
They win the heart of the captain, the
IWe,r, and the steward, and are the
ideals of the lazy passengers.
About month ego twenty Of those
gentlemen crossed the Atlantic to-
cetLer, and the report OF their trip has
Just reached here. The party won
about $1,000 by buying pools on the
distance made by the ship each day.
These buyers and eX-drummers can tell
nearly as well ms a seaman how fast
ship is travelling 10y the revolutions
Of her machinery. So when the pas
scncers bought pools on the speed Of
tie steamer tie drummers would inva-
liably win. The pools were sold every
morning in ihe cabin, and one
of the dTummer's party acted rs auc-
tonccr With the money they won tn
second DAY that they were out they pur-
chased al the beer on board. Among
the passengers were a number Of
wealthy Hebrews vino were always ac-
customtd TO having beer at dinner.
After raising considerable of dis
turbance because they could secure
none they offered the drummers double
mice for it. Arthur Millbury, WAC
acted rs chairman Of the drummer
party, replied Indignantly 70 this by
,Gying that they had not bought tae
beer Is Il speculation.
"Tut, said he eve would Just GS
.ocn dnnE champagne as beer, and Ii
Won arc willing to pay the same price
.or i a. champagne, COOL caI well.
lie Hebrews paidthe price, AMI with
The money the Grummers bGaghtneariy
IA the champagne on board AMI drank
nothing else during the voyage.
Tfr CAEvvGIE WEDDING.
Mis- Whitfield hes made what the
world calls good mat'h. She married
the hard headed little S5cotchman, An
drew Carnegie, the millionaire ten
times over. Miss Whitfield is a comedy
woman over thirty years old. In stature
she is a giant compared with her hus-
Land. Her father was well-known
merchant on Broadway. She affects
the Uniyersalist Church, is cultivated,
and in addition to what she has in her
own right possesses the snu9 little
suln of $50. 0G0 left her by dead doc
Tor named Rlumenthal. The marriage
IS said TO be for love, although the
average woman in toe matrimonial way
must find it a pretty hard thing to re-
ruse a millionaire, let alone a man who
has made some pretensions to author